4 to 400 miles away: senior week offers possibilities for fun and travel
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Seniors: have you searched for the perfect senior week spot?
Senior week is the week after graduation. It’s a time for seniors to get together and have a vacation celebrating their success in all the years of hard work and moving onto a new level in life, whether it is college or the workforce.
Traditionally, many CHS students go to Ocean City, Maryland, but several 2015 grads are traveling elsewhere this year.
Senior Alexis Spence is looking forward to her trip in Tampa, Florida.
“Florida is a nice place for senior week, the beaming sun and I’m so many miles away from home. I think of graduation as a goodbye. If I went to Maryland I feel like everyone I knew would be there, I’d rather just go with some close friends somewhere far away. I think of it as a ‘get away’.”
For those that do not have the option of going far away, you can have just as much fun being closer to home.
Senior Sydney Keller explained, “I’m going to Rehobeth Beach in Delaware with some friends. We found a nice place and it was cheap! Why go so far, when you can have fun closer to home?”
The point of senior week is to go somewhere and realize your accomplishments; nobody said you needed to go to the beach to be considered a participant in senior week.
“I’m going to ball out and go to New River Gorge in West Virginia to climb for my senior week,” said Avery Bechtel.
Trips in Pennsylvania could be just as fun, as long as you enjoy yourself.
Jasmine Giampetro said, “I’m going down to New York with a lot of loved ones. I’m excited to finally say it’s my time to shine and to graduate with the class of 2015. I don’t need to go too far to have fun; it’s senior week. A new beginning, a start of a new chapter!”
No matter if seniors choose to spend the week after graduation 4 miles or 400 miles from CHS, the idea is the same: be safe and have fun!
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Anna Biddle • Sep 17, 2015 at 8:38 am
Oh my goodness it’s only September and looking at all of these articles is already making me so excited for the end of the year! I know it’s still a ways off, but now I want to start planning my senior trip. There are so many options, I can’t wait until the time comes when I have completed everything I need to for the year and I have the time to relax.
Destiny Billot • May 26, 2015 at 10:48 am
The senior week seems so much fun, but like you said people may not want to go there, so I think it is great that this is not mandatory like everything else and people can go wherever they want to have fun!
Avery Bechtel • May 12, 2015 at 2:26 pm
I’m laughing so hard at my quote in this because I was being sarcastic about “balling out”. The climbing thing is 100% going to happen though!
Carol Ann Weibley • Mar 27, 2015 at 12:42 pm
My senior week is going to be spent in Pittsburgh. My fiancé and I are going out there to look at houses and colleges (for me) to prepare for our move in December after his graduation from Shippensburg University. Senior Week will be very exciting because I’ve never been to a major city!
Jessica Brumbach • Mar 27, 2015 at 8:37 am
It’s nice to see how everyone is celebrating in different ways. Everyone always thinks of going to Ocean City Maryland, but all of the options seem really cool, too. I would love to be able to go to Florida or even out of the country to celebrate.
Julia • Mar 27, 2015 at 7:59 am
It could be cool to put out a list of some interesting places in the area and things to do there. Just a suggestion for a future story.
Michaela McQuaig • Mar 26, 2015 at 5:37 pm
As a senior, I actually didn’t realized that this was something that people did, so it was really nice to know about. I guess I hadn’t thought about it before, but it is a great time to go out and have a vacation. Also, as a correction, the name is Jasmine, not Jasmyne.